{"product_id":"ugly-americans-the-true-story-of-the-ivy-league-cowboys-who-raided-the-asian-markets-for-millions-9780060575014","title":"Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions","description":"\u003cp\u003eBen Mezrich, author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eBringing Down the House\u003c\/em\u003e, returns with an astonishing story of Ivy League hedge-fund cowboys, high stakes, and the Asian underworld.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Malcolm was the ultimate gunslinger in the Wild East, prepared to take on any level of risk in making mind-boggling sums of money. He and his friends were hedge-fund cowboys, living life on the adrenaline-, sex-, and drugs-fueled edge--kids running billion-dollar portfolios, trading information in the back rooms of high-class brothels and at VIP tables in nightclubs across the Far East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalcolm and his Ivy League-schooled twenty-something colleagues, with their warped sense of morality, created their own economic theory that would culminate in a single deal the likes of which had never been seen before--or since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUgly Americans\u003c\/em\u003e is a story of extremes, charged with wealth, nerve, excess, and glamour. A real-life mixture of \u003cem\u003eLiar's Poker\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWall Street\u003c\/em\u003e, brimming with intense action, romance, underground sex, vivid locales, and exotic characters, \u003cem\u003eUgly Americans\u003c\/em\u003e is the untold true story that rocked the financial community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMezrich, Ben:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBen Mezrich graduated \u003cem\u003emagna cum laude\u003c\/em\u003e from Harvard in 1991. He has published twelve books, including the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers \u003cem\u003eThe Accidental Billionaires\u003c\/em\u003e, which was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film \u003cem\u003eThe Social Network\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBringing Down the House\u003c\/em\u003e, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies in twelve languages and became the basis for the Kevin Spacey movie \u003cem\u003e21\u003c\/em\u003e. Mezrich has also published the national bestsellers \u003cem\u003eSex on the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUgly Americans\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRigged\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBusting Vegas\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523368030482,"sku":"9780060575014","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e3b4e226-25a8-4608-999e-7a3c354ff832.jpg?v=1731145929","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ugly-americans-the-true-story-of-the-ivy-league-cowboys-who-raided-the-asian-markets-for-millions-9780060575014","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}